It takes 500,000 gallons of water to fill Grand Hotel's Ester Williams Pool.The Pool is named for actress Ester Williams,who starred in the 1947 movie"This Time for Keeps".The movie was filmed at Grand Hotel,Mackinac Island,Michigan.

oh well try again wrote:The people of Portugal and Spain will often eat 12 grapes from a bunch just as the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve.This tradition is said to ensure 12 happy months in the coming year.

see, that makes sense. Eating black-eyed peas on New Year's Day does not.

But then, I don't like black-eyed peas...

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oh well try again wrote:The people of Portugal and Spain will often eat 12 grapes from a bunch just as the clock strikes 12 on New Year's Eve.This tradition is said to ensure 12 happy months in the coming year.